Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer challenges credibility of rape allegation in Manhattan trial


Casandra "Cassie" Ventura leaves for a break in her testimony during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., May 15, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A lawyer representing Sean "Diddy" Combs in the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial sought in a Manhattan federal court on Friday to undercut the claim of the prosecution's star witness that Combs raped her in 2018.

During a second and final day of cross-examining Combs' ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, a defense lawyer showed jurors text messages indicating Ventura had consensual sex with Combs a month after the alleged rape.

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